Overkill Software – the team behind the cooperative first-person shooter PAYDAY 2 – has revealed it will most likely be ending updates for the Switch version of the game.

Instead of quietly dropping the platform, the developer chose to be upfront about what was going on in a recent news post over on its official website. It's all tied to the 'Winds of Change' update coming to other platforms, which will include both paid and free content.

We’re very sad to announce that PAYDAY 2 for Nintendo Switch will be very unlikely to see further updates, despite what our initial ambitions were on the contrary. As per above, we’ve been forced to make many hard decisions along the road, and this is yet another. To put the Switch version separately into context, the transfer of the game over to the Switch-platform was not made in-house and would require significant further investments to happen.

We are very aware that this was undesired news, but we’d rather be clear to set the expectations now.

Another factor to consider was that the game's publisher Starbreeze ran out of cash in late 2018 and entered a "reconstruction" phase. While it's been able to stay afloat, it's had to clean up its business along the way and make a lot of tough decisions to survive.

PAYDAY 2 arrived on the Switch last February, so it's received just under two years of support from Overkill. When it was released on the system, we said it was "remarkably close" to the full package on other platforms.

Is this a game you played regularly on the Switch? How do you feel about this news? Comment below.

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I played it on Switch. Was a freaking mess. Yes, you could advance so far playing solo (like I did) but to keep going is like walking into a fire.

For them to now announce between the lines we are now saying F the Switch version in a sense and they aren’t updating it, but will do for other platforms.... Say good night to your little fan base on Switch, and goodbye to anyone possibly thinking of buying it on Switch. Player base of Switch, terminated in 5,4,3,2.....1.....💥💥💥💥💥

You can't save mid-heist... or at all, really. If a heist spans multiple days, I don't think you can save then either.

Unless you're a basement dweller with more free time than a retired and crippled snail circumnavigating the Earth, it just isn't feasibly playable for most people, even with the unique distinction of the Switch's sleep mode function.

Now, whether the situation is easier with other human players (as opposed to the CPU allies in single player mode) is a matter that I cannot attest to, but I can imagine that they would make the higher stakes heists far less time-consuming.

Even a low-stakes heist can take hours to complete due to the constant threat of respawning cops. I haven't even had a chance to dabble in the higher difficulty ones, at least not to the extent that I was able to even faintly scratch the surface.

Them and Wildcard studios suck at updating console versions of their game. I think we got 1 update in the whole span of the game and that was well over a year ago. They didnt comment on the switch version, didnt answer any comments asking about updates, and then just flat out said it wont be getting further updates. further updates would mean it got updates in the first place. Not only that but they are still charging 50 bucks for a game thats like 3 years behind in content. If they make a payday 3 the switch wont be included thats for sure.

@Trajan You also have to realize why people didn't buy it in the first place. If the game is trash on Switch, words will spread and no one will bother with it. Continuing to keep it as trash ain't gonna do the game or their reputation any good. I didn't buy the game cause I did play it already and it is trash.

I played it, and it was ok. No offense to anyone who played it, but the community on this game wasn’t what I expected at all. If I needed healing, there was a good chance no one would come for me despite the fact they were often close by. It lost its sense of fun, real quick.

I’d much rather stick with Overwatch and Splatoon for my online gaming fix, where teamwork is much more essential.

I enjoyed Payday 2 on the PC, but just didn't think i'd want to even play that game without keyboard and mouse, and especially not without having some friends to play it with. The game isn't as fun solo it's definitely best played with friends, which not as many of my friends have switch even. It is still pretty disappointing though when developers don't give proper love to all versions of their product, especially since from what I had heard this one started out not very good right out of the box when it launched on switch.